ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,348,510, issued on July 1, was assigned to Adeia Guides Inc. (San Jose, Calif.).

"Method, system and apparatus of authenticating user affiliation for an avatar displayed on a digital platform" was invented by Serhad Doken (Bryn Mawr, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A host server of a digital platform, such as a virtual world or augmented reality platform, receives a request to graphically indicate an affiliation between a user of an avatar and an organization or other entity. The host server queries an authenticating server to authenticate the affiliation between the user and the entity. Accordingly, the host server generates for displ...